History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022--San Antonio

History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera is the second book I have read by this author.  Both have been on Top 10 and best seller lists, are classified as young adult novels (but should appeal to any adult who likes a well-written book), involve love and loss of life, and are probably on every Republican list of books to be banned from libraries due to having gay protagonists.  This particular book deals with first love, a person with OCD compulsions, the difficulties of maintaining a relationship when one partner moves far away, lies we tell and secrets we keep, the time and struggle required to deal with loss and move onward in life, etc.  It is a very good story with surprising new information toward the end that provides a twist and requires new interpretations of what has been read before and ties everything together to make the ending reasonable.  (However, the typesetting for the Kindle edition has an award and frustrating repetition of a space being added after the letter "f" inside every word!!)  I gave the book 4 stars out of 5.